Monty
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I thought I would share this story, just to make people mindful of what can happen, also to hear your views.
I live in Cornwall, where during my younger years, myself and alot of my friends lived in vans & campers during the summer months and saved enough money to go travelling throughout the winter. One night we were at the pub, one of our friends decided to leave early to go to bed, he walked up to the carpark were his camper (self build) was parked and unlocked it. He had the sliding door open and was setting up his bed. Whilst in the front getting something from the passenger footwell a police car pulled up and asked what he was up to. Realising he was quite drunk they asked him to do a breath test. He told them he had no intension of driving and was getting ready for bed. He was told that it made no difference he was not driving as he was still in possession of the keys, which made him drunk in charge of a motor vehicle. The outcome was, he lost his license. Whenever I'm sleeping in a vehicle I make sure the wife has the keys, as I'm the named driver. Worth a thought before you sit on the drivers seat with the keys in your hand !
I live in Cornwall, where during my younger years, myself and alot of my friends lived in vans & campers during the summer months and saved enough money to go travelling throughout the winter. One night we were at the pub, one of our friends decided to leave early to go to bed, he walked up to the carpark were his camper (self build) was parked and unlocked it. He had the sliding door open and was setting up his bed. Whilst in the front getting something from the passenger footwell a police car pulled up and asked what he was up to. Realising he was quite drunk they asked him to do a breath test. He told them he had no intension of driving and was getting ready for bed. He was told that it made no difference he was not driving as he was still in possession of the keys, which made him drunk in charge of a motor vehicle. The outcome was, he lost his license. Whenever I'm sleeping in a vehicle I make sure the wife has the keys, as I'm the named driver. Worth a thought before you sit on the drivers seat with the keys in your hand !